Perraje

Museum number:
3-29655
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
WT 259 (original number, temp)
Accession number:
Acc.4405
Description:
Perraje: Backstrap-loomed, weft-faced plain weave. Two pieces joined by hand-stitching. End selvedge warps cut creating two 6" fringes.
Donor:
Janet Tellefsen
Collection place:
Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala
Verbatim coll. place:
Nebaj, El Quiche
Culture or time period:
Ixil
Collector:
Thomas Whittaker
Collection date:
late 1960s-1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Production date:
1960s
Accession date:
March 1, 1989
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 176 centimeters and width 109 centimeters
Comment:
MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES: Backstrap-loomed with cotton thread, in red, (predominant), white, blue and green stripes. CONTEXT OF USE: Elissa Miller suggests that this textile may originate in Nebaj. CONSERVATION: Good, small tear on seam, frayed and scattered holes.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Perraje, accession number 3-29655, described as Perraje: Backstrap-loomed, weft-faced plain weave. Two pieces joined by hand-stitching. End selvedge warps cut creating two 6" fringes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Perraje, accession number 3-29655, described as Perraje: Backstrap-loomed, weft-faced plain weave. Two pieces joined by hand-stitching. End selvedge warps cut creating two 6" fringes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Perraje, accession number 3-29655, described as Perraje: Backstrap-loomed, weft-faced plain weave. Two pieces joined by hand-stitching. End selvedge warps cut creating two 6" fringes.

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